IBS and Chronic Constipation News

Psychological Problems Common in IBS, May Worsen Prognosis Individuals with inflammatory bowel syndrome often have comorbid psychological problems, which may influence symptom severity, new research confirms.
Reuters Health Information, July 07, 2021
How Do Three Natural Remedies for Chronic Constipation Measure Up? When it comes to natural remedies for chronic constipation including kiwifruit, psyllium fiber, and prunes, kiwifruit has the fewest side effects and is most liked by patients, according to results of a comparative effectiveness study.
Reuters Health Information, June 10, 2021
DDW 2021 GI Symptoms and Chronic Fatigue May Persist Months After COVID-19 Gastrointestinal symptoms and chronic fatigue may persist months after COVID-19 resolves, results of a recent cohort-controlled study suggest.
Medscape Medical News, May 28, 2021
DDW 2021 Severe IBS Symptoms Improved During COVID-19 Lockdowns IBS symptoms were expected to worsen, fueled by new stresses and pressures related to the nationwide lockdowns, but now that hypothesis has changed.
Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2021
DDW 2021 'Smart Toilet' With AI Scans Stool for Blood, Consistency The licensed technology shows promise for objectively detecting and reporting early changes to stool, researchers report.
Medscape Medical News, May 22, 2021
Major Advance in the Treatment of Axial Spondyloarthritis Coming Rheumatologists can look forward to the likely regulatory approval of the oral Janus kinase inhibitors tofacitinib and upadacitinib for the treatment of axial spondyloarthritis in the first half of 2021.
Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2021
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Associated With Various Complications Hospitalized patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) are more likely to have gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, autonomic, and allergic disorders than are hospitalized patients who do not have EDS.
Medscape Medical News, January 13, 2021
AIBD 2020 IBD: Fecal Calprotectin's Role in Guiding Treatment Debated Experts lack consensus on what the concentration cutoffs should be for remission and when a colonoscopy is needed to confirm disease status.
Medscape Medical News, December 10, 2020
Real-World Safety, Efficacy Found for Fecal Transplants Ninety percent of patients treated with fecal microbiota transplantation recovered from C. difficile infections, with few serious adverse events, a study of registry data found.
Medscape Medical News, October 01, 2020
ECTRIMS 2020 Multiple Sclerosis Prodrome Holds Promise of Earlier Diagnosis There is now no doubt that a prodromal phase of MS exists for several years before the first demyelinating event occurs, latest evidence shows.
Medscape Medical News, September 13, 2020
Proton Pump Inhibitors Tied to COVID-19 Risk Use of proton pump inhibitors was associated with increased risk for COVID-19 in a large survey of US adults.
Medscape Medical News, July 09, 2020
Probiotics Lack Supporting Evidence for Most GI Conditions Probiotics have not been shown to be safe and effective for most gastrointestinal conditions, according to new publications from the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA).
Reuters Health Information, June 12, 2020
DDW 2020 Postcolonoscopy Antibiotics Linked With IBS Antibiotic exposure after screening colonoscopy could increase the risk for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a retrospective analysis of more than 400,000 people shows
Medscape Medical News, June 01, 2020
New Multimorbidity Score Better Than Charlson Comorbidity Index? The Cambridge Multimorbidity Score outperformed the currently used Charlson Comorbidity Index, a study found.
Medscape Medical News, February 03, 2020
New Analysis Expands on Link Between Pharma Payments, Prescribing Pharmaceutical companies have paid doctors billions of dollars for consulting, promotional talks, meals and more. A new finds that doctors who received payments prescribed more of those drugs.
ProPublica, December 30, 2019
AIBD 2019 Patients With IBD Prone to Irritable Bowel Syndrome Patients in remission from inflammatory bowel disease are susceptible to irritable bowel syndrome, but diet, cognitive therapy, and medication can help treat the symptoms.
Medscape Medical News, December 16, 2019
Chronic Diarrhea Linked to Obesity, Independently of Diet Obese and severely obese adults were significantly more likely to report having chronic diarrhea than their peers who were of normal weight, regardless of their food intake, a study found.
Medscape Medical News, September 25, 2019
Alert FDA OKs Tenapanor for IBS With Constipation in Adults Two phase 3 trials demonstrated a statistically significant reduction in constipation and abdominal pain in adults with IBS-C treated with tenapanor.
FDA Approvals, September 12, 2019
Antihistamines May Help Some Patients With Chronic Diarrhea A recent case series shows antihistamines can be used to successfully manage some patients with idiopathic postprandial diarrhea associated with dermatographia and/or chronic urticaria.
Medscape Medical News, July 24, 2019
Alert FDA Clears First Device for IBS Pain Relief in Teens The IB-Stim uses a small electrical nerve stimulator to help reduce functional abdominal pain in patients aged 11 to 18 years with IBS.
FDA Approvals, June 07, 2019

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